6 Amendments of Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU related to 2019/2190(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the European Union Rapid Alert System for dangerous non- food products (RAPEX), stresses the extent of the dangers to health posed by counterfeit goods, i.e. that 97% of recorded dangerous counterfeit goods were assessed as posing a serious risk, 24% of the dangerous products recorded as counterfeit posed more than one danger to users, and that the most common danger reported (32%) was related to exposure to hazardous chemicals and toxins that could cause acute or long term health issues from immediate or long term exposure;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, and properly staff custom authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, and prevent their circulation in the internal market; calls on the Commission and Market Surveillance authorities (MSAs) to specifically identify unsafe products that are counterfeit products in the RAPEX system, in order to help get a better and clearer picture of counterfeiting phenomenon and consequently better protect the health and safety of EU consumers.
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to swiftly adopt implementing acts in accordance with Regulation 2019/1020, and in particular Article 25 thereof, laying down benchmarks and techniques for checks on harmonised and non-harmonised products, and to include minimum requirements on checks for products entering the Union market so as to ensure consistent, effective and uniform enforcement of Union law, including checks as to whether or not the products are counterfeits;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Asks the Commission to cooperate with the regulatory authorities of third countries, to exchange market surveillance- related information on dangerous products with them, including whether or not products are counterfeits, and to include market surveillance in all bilateral trade agreements;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs authorities so as to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products, including counterfeits;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Asks the Commission to evaluate how distributed ledger technology and blockchain could enhance the safety of products by improving product traceability throughout the supply chain, including through their standardisation; underlines the application of blockchain notably in strengthening the certainty of both the provenance and the intellectual property rights of goods, thereby reducing the risk of illicit goods, including fake and counterfeit goods, entering the supply chain;